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| Picture No | 10513712 |
| Date | 1894 |
| Description | Battle between police and kidnappers |
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Two foreigners, Jules Paty Louis and Regis Pral were kidnapped in Artizo. The kidnapping of Regis Pral, the son of a very rich industrialist from Valence, created a diplomatic incident between the one-time Prime Minister, Francesco Crispi, and the Sardinian authorities. Crispi ordered that the affair should be resolved; Regis Pral got his freedom without the ransom being paid, thanks to Giovanni Corbeddu Salis, one of the most ruthless bandits in the region.
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| Source | Petit Parisien, 26th August 1894 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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